The boyfriend of a news reporter who was shot and killed on live TV in 2015 won a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates Tuesday.
Chris Hurst, a first-time politician and former news anchor, received 54.33 percent of the votes as of 11:52 p.m. Tuesday night, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. The 30-year-old Democrat unseated Republican and three-time incumbent Joseph Yost in the race for the 12th District House of Delegates seat.
In a February op-ed for The Daily Beast, Hurst announced he was leaving his job as a broadcast journalist to run for office.
“In 2015, my girlfriend...
Chris Hurst, a first-time politician and former news anchor, received 54.33 percent of the votes as of 11:52 p.m. Tuesday night, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. The 30-year-old Democrat unseated Republican and three-time incumbent Joseph Yost in the race for the 12th District House of Delegates seat.
In a February op-ed for The Daily Beast, Hurst announced he was leaving his job as a broadcast journalist to run for office.
“In 2015, my girlfriend...
- 11/8/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Chris Hurst, a former TV anchor whose girlfriend was shot and killed live on air in 2015, has won the race for the 12th district of Virginia’s House of Delegates. He and Alison Parker both worked for Roanoke, Virginia, TV station Wdbj when Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot to death during a live television broadcast. Hurst ran against an NRA-endorsed Republican incumbent, Joseph Yost. Also Read: Trump Blames Texas Shooting on Shooter's Mental Health: 'This Isn't a Guns Situation' #Breaking AP calls 12th District House of Delegates race. Democrat Chris Hurst unseats incumbent Republican Joseph Yost. pic.twitter.
- 11/8/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Ron Hogan Sep 27, 2017
The latest American Horror Story: Cult episode has brutality, restraint and is moving in a clear direction. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
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7.4 11/9
Kai Anderson is a master manipulator. Since well before the Presidential election that kicked off the drama of Cult, he's been collecting followers a person, a piece at a time. Every person Kai has collected within his little group of followers has come via a different method. For each one, he's managed to figure out just how to reach out to them by painstakingly researching them, both online and face to face, and tailoring his argument to that individual.
Granted, Kai's general patter is roughly the same. He's all about turning fear and anger into power. He makes himself into whatever the person he's speaking to needs when they need him.
The latest American Horror Story: Cult episode has brutality, restraint and is moving in a clear direction. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Kevin Spacey and Kafka with cats: a closer look at Nine Lives
7.4 11/9
Kai Anderson is a master manipulator. Since well before the Presidential election that kicked off the drama of Cult, he's been collecting followers a person, a piece at a time. Every person Kai has collected within his little group of followers has come via a different method. For each one, he's managed to figure out just how to reach out to them by painstakingly researching them, both online and face to face, and tailoring his argument to that individual.
Granted, Kai's general patter is roughly the same. He's all about turning fear and anger into power. He makes himself into whatever the person he's speaking to needs when they need him.
- 9/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Alison Parker's parents still have not seen the footage of their daughter's death - a shooting on live TV - and they tell People they'll never look at it. "And we don't want to," says Alison's dad, Andy Parker. "We want gun violence to stop. We don't need this many guns in America. To the people that drink the NRA Kool-Aid, we're not trying to take your guns away. We want to make sure the wrong people can't get guns and we want to close some of those gun show loopholes." Little more than a year ago, as they...
- 9/23/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
It was 6:46 a.m., on August 26 and Alison Parker, a local TV reporter, was in the middle of conducting a live interview when at least eight gunshots were heard, followed by screams. The video of the incident captures the frightening image of the gun pointed at Alison, just as the camera falls to the ground. Alison, 24, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were fatally shot by Vester Flanagan, a former employee at their same TV station, Wdbj. Devastated, Barbara Parker, Alison's mother, decided that very to day to turn her grief into a mission to end gun violence. Anything, she says,...
- 5/6/2016
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
It was 6:46 a.m., on August 26 and Alison Parker, a local TV reporter, was in the middle of conducting a live interview when at least eight gunshots were heard, followed by screams. The video of the incident shows the camera fall to the ground, but only after it captures the frightening image of a gun pointed at Alison. Alison, 24, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were fatally shot by Vester Flanagan, a former employee at their same TV station, Wdbj. Devastated, Barbara Parker, Alison's mother, decided that very to day to turn her grief into a mission to end gun violence.
- 5/6/2016
- by Caitlin Keatin, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Wbdj live-tv shooting survivor Vicki Gardner spoke out for the first time about the events that transpired on Aug. 26, when journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward in Virginia were shot and killed during an on-air segment. Describing the events of that morning, Gardner said that during her interview on air, all she saw was “movement, and then gunfire — lots and lots of gunfire.” “From that point, it was very chaotic,” she told Greta van Susteren in an “On The Record” interview on Tuesday. “I realized that Adam was down in front of me and Alison was not...
- 9/16/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Reporters and photographers have long known about the dangers of working in TV news. But last week’s tragic shooting deaths of Wdbj photographer Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker in Virginia, have heightened awareness in the broadcasting community about just how vulnerable journalists can be in the field. In interviews over the past week with three reporters and one photographer working in markets across the U.S., TheWrap has learned that TV news crews face an increasing number of threats as they cover stories in public places. Gary Johnson, who retired in August, after 38 years as a photographer for Kcbs-tv in.
- 9/3/2015
- by Anita Bennett and Itay Hod
- The Wrap
The season one finale of Mr. Robot was a victim of bad timing, but it's certainly not the first time TV episodes have been pulled, pushed or banned due to sensitive subjects and controversial episode content. Originally scheduled to air on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the USA series' season ender was pushed a week after the shooting deaths of reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward. "The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today's tragic events in Virginia," USA Network said in a statement on the day of the murders. "Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight's episode. Our thoughts go...
- 9/2/2015
- E! Online
The families of the Wdbj reporter and camerman killed on the air in Virginia last Wednesday will hold services to honor their memories. Cameraman Adam Ward’s family will hold a funeral service for him on Sept. 1 at the First Baptist Church in Roanoke, Virginia. His family also held a memorial service at Salem High School for friends to gather and share memories of Ward. Reporter Alison Parker’s family has not announced a date for her funeral, but they will hold a celebration of her life after a private memorial service. In lieu of flowers, her family asks that donations be made.
- 9/1/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Family, friends and sympathetic strangers all gathered to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Wdbj photographer Adam Ward on Monday. Over 1,000 people attended a memorial at Salem High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to honor the 27-year-old TV cameraman who was gunned down along with reporter Alison Parker, 24, by former colleague Vester Flanagan. Ward’s father, Charles “Buddy” Ward, exchanged hugs with almost all of the guests as they walked past his son’s open casket, reported USA Today. Also Read: Slain Wdbj Reporter's Father Vows to 'Shame' Politicians Into Preventing 'Crazy People' From Getting Guns The photographer...
- 9/1/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Father of Slain Wdbj Reporter Vows to ‘Stop This Insanity’ in Emotional Op-Ed Supporting Gun Control
Andy Parker, the father of slain Wdbj reporter Alison Parker, penned an emotional op-ed for The Washington Post on Sunday. “Last Wednesday, my daughter Alison was brutally struck down in the prime of her life by a deranged gunman,” he opened the piece with. “I plan to make my life’s work trying to implement effective and reasonable safeguards against this happening again.” Parker’s daughter and her photographer Adam Ward were gunned down on the Wdbj morning show on Wednesday by former reporter Vester Flanagan, who posted video of the murder and rants on social media as he fled from police.
- 8/31/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Details are emerging about the alleged gunman who murdered WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and Adam Ward during a live on air segment Wednesday. NBC's Today obtained footage showing the inside of Vester Flanagan's apartment—the unit was nearly empty, aside from a refrigerator the gunman had covered with photos of himself. According to authorities, the rental vehicle Flanagan shot himself inside of contained six magazines of ammunition, a to-do list, 17 stamped letters, three license plates, a wig, sunglasses and a shawl. The gunman, a former WDBJ7 employee, later died in a hospital of his self-inflicted wounds. The co-workers, friends and families of Parker, 24, and Ward, 27, are choosing not to...
- 8/28/2015
- E! Online
There’s not a day that goes by when clicks don’t register in digital journalists’ minds. The increasing pressure to produce traffic as much as good journalism isn’t new, but how that is manifesting across platforms is. And Thursday’s front covers of The New York Daily News and The New York Post are examples 1A and 1B. For either paper, delivering outlandish images and copy isn’t new either, but the covers that splashed graphic images of the moment Vester Flanagan shot and killed Wdbj reporter Alison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27, live on air set off pundits and social media.
- 8/28/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Wdbj shooter Vester Flanagan targeted reporter Alison Parker because of harmless comments she made as an intern at the station in 2012. “One was something about ‘swinging’ by some place; the other was out in the ‘field,'” assistant news director Greg Baldwin wrote in a report that summarized complaints made by Flanagan about Parker. It referred to her as Alison Bailey; Bailey was her middle name. These are the comments Flanagan seemed to be referring to when he tweeted hours after murdering Parker and photographer Adam Ward on live TV on Wednesday. Also Read: Wdbj Made Shooter Vester Flanagan Seek Counseling During.
- 8/28/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
On Wednesday, USA Network pushed back the season finale for “Mr. Robot,” as one scene was eerily similar to the Virginia TV reporter shooting earlier in the day, which claimed the lives of Wdbj employees Alison Parker and Adam Ward. On Thursday, IFC delayed “Documentary Now!” episode “Dronez,” which depicts several journalists being killed. The tragedy is clearly heartbreaking. The entertainment industry’s reaction only reinforces how often these incidents plague our society, brand consultant Linda Ong told TheWrap. “It’s just a sad indicator of where we are as a culture right now, which is that things are becoming more commonplace,...
- 8/27/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
BBC's Newsnight sparked a debate last night on media coverage of the shooting of two journalists in Virginia during a live TV report.
Author Michael Wolff and LiveLeak.com founder Hayden Hewitt discussed the issue of media outlets deciding whether or not to post the controversial video taken by the shooter, as well as a clip of the original WDBJ7 footage.
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while Parker interviewed local Chamber of Commerce head Vicki Gardner, who was injured in the incident and is now in a stable condition.
Suspect Vester Lee Flanagan II, who went by the name Bryce Williams on air, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located by authorities.
When asked by Newsnight host James O'Brien why his website decided to post the video of the shooting, Hewitt responded by saying: "Originally it was uploaded to a different...
Author Michael Wolff and LiveLeak.com founder Hayden Hewitt discussed the issue of media outlets deciding whether or not to post the controversial video taken by the shooter, as well as a clip of the original WDBJ7 footage.
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while Parker interviewed local Chamber of Commerce head Vicki Gardner, who was injured in the incident and is now in a stable condition.
Suspect Vester Lee Flanagan II, who went by the name Bryce Williams on air, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located by authorities.
When asked by Newsnight host James O'Brien why his website decided to post the video of the shooting, Hewitt responded by saying: "Originally it was uploaded to a different...
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
Less than 24 hours removed from the murder of two of their colleagues on live television, the Wdbj-tv morning news crew returned to the airwaves.
At 6:45 Am local time on Thursday, anchor Kim McBroom joined hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and fellow anchor Steve Grant, who joined the team from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo., and asked their viewers to join them in observing a moment of silence in remembrance of Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, who were shot and killed during a live broadcast on Wednesday morning.
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At 6:45 Am local time on Thursday, anchor Kim McBroom joined hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and fellow anchor Steve Grant, who joined the team from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo., and asked their viewers to join them in observing a moment of silence in remembrance of Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, who were shot and killed during a live broadcast on Wednesday morning.
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- 8/27/2015
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (Access Hollywood)
- Access Hollywood
Roanoke, Virginia TV station WDPJ7's morning team honored fallen colleagues Alison Parker and Adam Ward with an on-air moment of silence on Thursday, a day after a former employee shot the two dead during a live broadcast. Parker, a 24-year-old reporter, and Ward, a 27-year-old cameraman, were killed while reporting at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta about the 50th anniversary of the man-made Smith Mountain Lake. "It was this moment around this time that we went live to Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward," co-anchor Kimberly McBroom said during WDBJ7's newscast that morning, holding hands with meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner, who was seen wiping away tears,...
- 8/27/2015
- E! Online
Virginia TV station Wbdj held a moment of silence during its morning news program on Thursday to honor the two station staffers who were gunned down live Wednesday during a live broadcast. Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a disgruntled ex-employee of the station while they were filming a remote segment in Roanoke, Virginia. Both Parker and Ward died as a result of their wounds. Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed by Parker, was also wounded but survived. The shooter fled the scene in his Ford Mustang, which police recovered after he dumped it in favor of.
- 8/27/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
One day after Wdbj-7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a former employee of the Virginia CBS affiliate where they worked, the station aired a moment of silence to remember the pair.
“We want to pause and reflect, and we want to share with you once again what made these two so special, not just to us, but to all our hometowns that Wdbj-7 serves,” anchor Kimberly McBroom said, clasping hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and Steve Grant, an anchor from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo.
Ward, 27, and Parker, 24, were shot dead by Vester Lee Flanagan,...
“We want to pause and reflect, and we want to share with you once again what made these two so special, not just to us, but to all our hometowns that Wdbj-7 serves,” anchor Kimberly McBroom said, clasping hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and Steve Grant, an anchor from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo.
Ward, 27, and Parker, 24, were shot dead by Vester Lee Flanagan,...
- 8/27/2015
- TVLine.com
Roanoke TV station Wdbj stopped its morning show today at 6:45 Am local time to have a moment of silence for Alison Parker and Adam Ward, the two journalists shot and killed live on camera 24 hours earlier during the CBS affiliate’s show during a stand-up shot in Moneta, Va. Today’s tribute followed a series of vigils for the pair, who were the target of disgruntled former station employee and anchor Vester Flanagan, who planned and filmed the shooting, uploading the…...
- 8/27/2015
- Deadline TV
Last night, the hit summer series Mr. Robot was supposed to air its first season finale on USA Network. However, the was pulled in light of the horrific shootings in Virginia, where former employee at Wdbj in Roanoke, Vester Lee Flanagan II, murdered reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward while they were live on the air. According to USA, a scene in the Mr. Robot season finale, obviously shot well before yesterday’s events, happened to be similar enough in nature to the shootings that the network understandably thought it would be disrespectful to air it so soon after the tragedy. USA re-ran … Continue reading →
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- 8/27/2015
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward were tragically gunned down on live TV Wednesday morning, and that night, Alison's boyfriend and co-worker, Chris Hurst, and father, Andy Parker, opened up to Fox News' Megyn Kelly about their horrible loss. "I've been alternating between shock and grief," Andy explained. "It's gone back and forth, but the anger is starting to creep in there because this should not happen. It shouldn't have happened to someone like Alison." Andy and Chris both found out about the shooting when they received text messages and phone calls that something had happened and they needed to go to the station. Andy said when he didn't receive his...
- 8/27/2015
- E! Online
Heartbroken. Wdbj-tv reporters observed a moment of silence for reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward at the start of their program on Thursday, Aug. 27, just one day after their late colleagues were killed during a live broadcast in Moneta, Va. In the emotional moment, anchor Kim McBroom joined hands with fellow anchor Steve Grant and weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner at 6:45 a.m., the same time of the shooting. "Joining hands here on the desk," she said. "It’s the only way to do it." Parker, 24, and Ward, [...]...
- 8/27/2015
- Us Weekly
Both the New York Daily News and the New York Post have caused an uproar on social media over their decisions to run violent images of the Virginia shooting on Thursdays' covers. On Wednesday evening, the New York Daily News tweeted out an early look at the cover, which features three stills from footage that gunman Vester L. Flanagan took of himself shooting Wdbj-tv journalist Alison Parker. Flanagan killed Parker and camera operator Adam Ward on Wednesday before taking his own life. "An early look at tomorrow’s front page... Executed On Live TV," the Daily News' tweet reads. The New
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- 8/27/2015
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vester Flanagan, a former TV reporter for Virginia’s Wdbj, shot himself after shooting Wdbj reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward on Wednesday on live TV. Vester Flanagan Dead Flanagan, whose real name was Bryce Williams, uploaded videos online of him fatally shooting Parker and Ward during a live broadcast, and then shooting himself. Flanagan was […]
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- 8/27/2015
- by Elisabet Stenberg
- Uinterview
The man suspected of fatally shooting Wdbj-tv reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward had a long history of race-based complaints in the workplace. Deceased shooting suspect Bryce Williams, who claimed on social media that “Alison made racial comments” and that “Adam went to Hr on me after working with me one time,” previously filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation against another former employer, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap. The suit, which was filed under Williams’ real name Vester L. Flanagan, was filed against Florida NBC affiliate Wtwc in February 2000. In the suit, Flanagan alleged that he.
- 8/27/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
'Mr. Robot' with Rami Malek. USA cable network postpones 'Mr. Robot' season finale following deadly Virginia shootings on live TV The day after a gun-toting 14-year-old male held hostage 29 students and a teacher at West Virginia's Philip Barbour high school, on Aug. 26, '15, journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward of the Roanoke, Virginia, Wdbj-tv station were shot dead on live television. The murderer – who shot himself after being pursued by police – was identified as former Wbdj journalist Bryce Williams (aka Vester L. Flanagan II). As a result of the double murder on live TV – which, although the circumstances were different, brings to mind Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky's Network – the USA cable network has decided to postpone the showing of this season's final episode of the series Mr. Robot. According to a statement issued by USA, a similar incident takes place in the show. The statement reads in part:...
- 8/26/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Following the horrific murders of Wdbj-tv employees Alison Parker and Adam Ward in Virginia, Facebook and Twitter users (political pundits and comics alike) have spoken up about a continued need for greater gun control legislation as well as a more comprehensive dialogue regarding the U.S.'s gun violence crisis. That much seems understandable and thoughtful. But many dissenting voices think the problem concerns not what we should be discussing but what we shouldn't be discussing. Time and again, those opinions wind up at the same word: Kardashian. Here are a few scattered examples: Only time we debate issues anymore is after senseless tragedy because we're too worried what the Kardashian's are up to today #Priorities — Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) August 26, 2015 If people knew as much about the Kardashians as they did politics & human rights issues, we'd be doing awesome. — Judah Friedlander (@JudahWorldChamp) August 20, 2015 Stop putting Kardashians on our newspapers. Don't...
- 8/26/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker’s father has spoken out on the death of his daughter following a shooting Wednesday morning. “Initially, we had some hope, but I knew in my heart of hearts,” Andy Parker, 62, told The Washington Post. “Alison would have called me immediately to say she was okay.” Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27, were doing a standard live shot with an interviewee at Bridgewater Plaza near Moneta, Virginia, at 6:45 a.m. Et when a gunman opened fire on them live.WDBJThe two were shot to death while the woman being interviewed, Vicki Gardner, was shot in the back.
- 8/26/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Glenn Beck sees Wednesday’s murder of a reporter and a cameraman on live television as God’s “final warning” before the end of the world. Just a few hours after Vester Flanagan opened fire on former Wdbj colleagues Alison Parker and Adam Ward during a local news broadcast in Roanoke, Virginia, Beck made the wild claim during his show on The Blaze TV. “I think that God is giving me one final warning,” Beck said. “He’s telling us, ‘you got one more chance, this is it.’ I’m telling you, this is it. This is God saying, ‘Last chance.
- 8/26/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The tragic, on-air shooting during WDBJ7's live broadcast Wednesday morning was horrific for anyone who saw it—but it's inconceivable how awful it must have been for Adam Ward's fiancée. Melissa Ott, a WDBJ7 morning producer, witnessed the unthinkable happen from the station control room: She saw the fatal shots fired, broadcast from the camera of Ward, her husband-to-be. Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ7's general manager, told CNN that Wednesday was supposed to be Melissa's last day at the Virginia station. "She was moving on to a station in Charlotte after this," he said. "So it was going to be a day of celebration of her time here [at WDBJ7] and wishing her good luck." Marks...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
Fans of Mr. Robot will have to wait another week to find out what happens in the big finale. USA Network has postponed the season one finale, pushing it from Wednesday, Aug. 26 to Wednesday, Sept. 2 after the tragic shooting death of reporter Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward in Virginia. "The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today's tragic events in Virginia," USA Network said in a statement. "Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight's episode. Our thoughts go out to all those affected during this difficult time." Parker and Ward were gunned down on live TV this...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
nullSo #guncontrol is trending on Twitter, but not entirely for the reason you might hope. A rational person might suspect that those in favor of stricter laws, of anything that will do something to prevent horrific occurrences like this morning's shooting deaths of WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, who were gunned down on air while conducting an interview for the Roanoke, Va., station. But no, at least 50 percent of the tweets had to be people preemptively pointing the finger at the inevitable left-wing-led (and inappropriately timed, as always) discussion about gun control that will result from the killings, as well as those who continue to insist that gun control isn't the answer when...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
USA Network has postponed the Season 1 finale of its breakout summer hit, Mr. Robot, following the shooting in Virginia that left a reporter and a cameraman dead, Us Weekly has confirmed. The morning of Wednesday, Aug. 26, Wdbj TV reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward were shot and killed during a live, on-air broadcast from a town outside of Roanoke, Va. The alleged gunman, who was reportedly a former employee of the station, later shot himself and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Several hours later, [...]...
- 8/26/2015
- Us Weekly
Bryce Williams/Vester Flanagan said the Charleston Church shooting in June spurred his homicidal rage ... which exploded this morning when he took the lives of a Virginia reporter and photographer. ABC News in NYC says it received a 23-page fax from Williams this morning -- almost 2 hours after he had killed Alison Parker and Adam Ward. In the document ... he says he put a down payment on a gun on June 19, 2 days after the Charleston tragedy.
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Adam Ward, the Wdbj-tv cameraman who was murdered alongside journalist Alison Parker on Wednesday, Aug. 26, was engaged to a producer at the station named Melissa Ott, who had to watch his tragic death from the control room after former employee Vester Flanagan allegedly shot and killed him. General manager Jeff Marks said that Ott, who was producing the morning news show, was “devastated.” According to NBC Philadelphia, Ott and Ward had planned on heading to Charlotte, N.C., for Ott’s new job. “We were celebrating that,” anchor Kimberly [...]...
- 8/26/2015
- Us Weekly
Wdbj shooter Vester Flanagan called ABC News after fatally shooting TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward on Wednesday. The network reported Flanagan told them the police were after him and were “all over the place.” “A man claiming to be Bryce Williams called ABC News over the last few weeks, saying he wanted to pitch a story, and wanted to fax information,” ABC reported. “He never told ABC News what the story was. This morning, a fax was in the machine (time stamped 8:26 a.m.) almost two hours after the shooting.” An hour-and-a-half later, Flanagan contacted the network again,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
News station Wdbj-tv honored the two reporters who were killed on camera while filming a live shot for the station’s morning show outside Roanoke, Virginia. “I cannot tell you how much they were loved, Alison and Adam, by the Wdbj team,” said station General Manager Jeffrey Marks. “Our hearts are broken, and our sympathies go out to the entire staff here, but also the parents and families of Adam Ward and Alison Parker, who were just out doing their job today.” Both had been romantically involved with other members of the Wdbj staff. Marks previously told CNN that Ward’s fiancée was in.
- 8/26/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Vester Flanagan, the man suspected of shooting and killing Wdbj-tv journalist Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward on live TV on Wednesday, Aug. 26, was fired from the station two years ago due to anger problems, Wdbj general manager Jeff Marks said during a broadcast. According to Marks, Flanagan was “difficult to work with” and had to be escorted out by police after being fired. Marks described him as "an unhappy man" and always "looking out for people to say things he could take offense to.” Flanagan [...]...
- 8/26/2015
- Us Weekly
In the aftermath of this morning's deadly on-air shooting of Wdbj reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, the station has been both reporting and grieving live. And just after noon on Wednesday, station manager Jeff Marks reacted to the news that suspect Vester Flanagan, who used the name Bryce Williams on air when he worked for the channel, had shot himself but was still alive.
- 8/26/2015
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
Virginia is facing a terrible tragedy Wednesday morning, as WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker, 24, and WDBJ7 photographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed while conducting an interview around 6:45 a.m. local time in Moneta, Virginia, the TV station announced Wednesday. The shooter, identified as Vester Lee Flanagan II who identified as Bryce Williams at the news station, 41, shot himself only a few hours later. He remains in critical condition. Celebrities and politicians have turned to social media to react to the horrible news, tweeting their love, support and prayers for the fallen reporters and their families. Here is what stars are saying: nullnullnullnullnullnull...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
Tragedy struck today when a Roanoke, Virginia-area TV news reporter and her cameraman were both shot dead by a former colleague while conducted an interview during a live broadcast. Wdbj-7’s Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were reporting live for the news network when the shooter, suspected to be their former colleague, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, who used the professional name Bryce Williams, fired eight shots, striking and killing Parker and Ward and also wounding Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Vicki Gardner, who was shot in the back and is currently in surgery. Not long after the shooting, Wdbj president and Gm Jeffrey A. Marks went on air to report that both Parker and Ward had died from their injuries. “Our hearts are broken,” he said. “[We’re] holding back tears.” Ward was engaged to a producer at Wdbj, who was celebrating her final day at the station before…...
- 8/26/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Two local Virginia journalists – reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward – were shot dead while delivering a live broadcast early Wednesday morning. Alison Parker And Adam Ward Shot Dead At about 6:45 Wednesday morning, Parker was in the middle of interviewing a woman outside Moneta, Va., when they both heard the sound of gunfire, […]
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- 8/26/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
After a TV reporter and a cameraman were fatally shot during a live broadcast in Moneta, Va, on Wednesday morning, the reporter's boyfriend and co-worker posted a heartfelt message on Facebook. Roanoke's WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker was dating her co-worker Chris Hurst, who shared thoughtful words about the woman he loved hours after she was killed. He mentioned their relationship and her love for her family, adding that he felt "heartbroken" for the fiancée of the cameraman, 27-year-old Adam Ward, who also worked with them. Along with sharing a series of pictures, Chris wrote: "We didn't share this publicly, but Alison Parker and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb. We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday. She was the most radiant woman I ever met.
- 8/26/2015
- by Laura-Marie-Meyers
- Popsugar.com
Police are looking for 41-year-old former Wdbj reporter Vester Flanagan in connection with the shooting death of two station employees on Wednesday. Flanagan went on a Twitter rant airing out his grievances with victims Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who he is believed to have shot and killed during the duo’s live shot at 6:45 a.m. Et. Flanagan claimed Parker had made racial remarks at his expense. Twitter quickly suspended @Bryce_williams7 account as did Facebook. Also Read: TV News Reporter, Photographer Shot to Death on Air (Graphic Video) He posted video of him walking up a balcony...
- 8/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
11:20 Pm Pt -- Williams has been pronounced dead at the hospital. Bryce Williams -- the man who shot and killed a Virginia reporter and photographer -- turned a gun on himself, but survived the shooting. Police say they found him with a pulse, but he's in critical condition. While police were chasing Williams -- aka Vester L. Flanagan -- he put up the videos on Facebook and Twitter. One of the clips shows him walking up to his victims.
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Early Wednesday morning, a reporter and a cameraman for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Va, were shot during a live broadcast at Bridgewater Plaza. Several news outlets reported that the man who killed reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, is believed to be Vester Flanagan, a "disgruntled employee" of the Virginia news station, who, according to CNN, reportedly shot himself when confronted by law enforcement. He died from those self-inflicted gunshot wounds. In a video of the shooting, Parker is seen interviewing a woman before gunshots ring out, and the camera faces the ground before the broadcast goes back to the anchor desk. Meanwhile, the shooter reportedly filmed the whole thing, posting videos on a Twitter account that's since been deactivated. Soon after the tragic shooting, WDBJ7 tweeted a picture of the pair and wrote, "We love you, Alison and Adam." Parker's boyfriend, who worked at the station with her, also shared a heartbreaking message,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Laura-Marie-Meyers
- Popsugar.com
The alleged shooter that killed two Wdbj journalists on Wednesday is currently in an active car chase with Virginia police. Governor Terry McAuliffe said on the radio that the suspect is believed to be a disgruntled station employee. Police are looking to speak to former station reporter Vester L. Flanagan. The suspect shot and killed reporter Alison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27 on Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. Et while the two were on-air. Also Read: TV News Reporter, Photographer Shot to Death on Air (Graphic Video) Police are very close to the suspect, CNN reported. The station reported on its journalists’ death on-air.
- 8/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
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